SERAFIN SUMMER MUSIC 2025 – June 10-27, 2025
Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays at 7pm - Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, DE
Wednesdays at 7pm - Lewes Public Library, Lewes, DE
Thursday, June 19 only, at 4:30pm - Stonegates Retirement Community, Greenville, DE

Festival 2025 Overview – A Season of FIRSTS!
Come enjoy three weeks of exhilarating chamber music performed by musicians from around the nation and the world. This year’s theme is “firsts” and includes seven small ensemble programs, two programs featuring “keyboard firsts” for harpsichord and piano, all in Wilmington, and three programs in Lewes, Delaware. Highlights include the return of pianists Victor Asuncion and Read Gainsford, two programs with mezzo soprano Gina Perregrino (fresh from her debut this season at the Met), favorite string players from past seasons, as well as oboe, clarinet, and harpsichord artists.

For Patron Services, group tickets, or other ticketing inquiries, please contact Lisa at 302-373-0968, or by email at serafinensemblemarketing@gmail.com.

VISIT AGAIN FOR UPDATES ABOUT FALL 2025 CONCERTS!

TICKETS ON SALE HERE MARCH 1, 2025, or at the door
Live and livestreamed options; ticket packages available
$20/$10 (student; livestream); June 19 Soirée $35 (includes premium reception)

Participating Artists:

(programs and artists subject to change)

WEEK 1: JUNE 10-13, 2025
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6/10/25 Echoes of Old Russia – Shostakovich and Prokofiev
(Eric Pritchard, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe. Guang Wang, Victor Asuncion)
Shostakovich Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano;
Prokofiev D Major Violin Son; Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

6/11/25 String Splendor – Haydn and Dvorák
(Eric Pritchard, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe. Lionel Thomas, Guang Wang)
Haydn String Quartet Op. 1 #1; Dvorak String Quintet in A Minor, Op. 1
Lewes Public Library at 7pm (this program runs ~70 minutes, followed by artists’ mingle)

6/12/25 Keyboard Firsts - Part I
(Victor Asuncion, piano; Gabriel Benton, harpsichord)
Mozart Sonata for Harpsichord Solo, K.279; Clementi Piano Sonata, Op. 2 #2;
Beethoven Piano Sonata #1 in F Minor, Op. 2#1
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm (this program runs ~60 minutes)

6/13/25 Opus 1 – Haydn, Mendelssohn, Dvorák
(Eric Pritchard, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe. Lionel Thomas, Guang Wang, Victor Asuncion)
Haydn String Quartet Op. 1 #1’; Mendelssohn Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1;
Dvorák Viola Quintet in A Minor, Op. 1
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

WEEK 2: JUNE 17-20
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6/17/25 Bach to Mozart
(John Dee, Joseph Velez, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe, Jacques-Pierre Malan, Gina Perregrino, Gabriel Benton)
Bach Cello Suite; Telemann Trio Sonata in C Minor for violin, oboe, continuo; Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas; Handel “Ombra mai fu” from Xerxes; Mozart “Parto, parto” from Clemenza di Tito for mezzo soprano, clarinet, strings; more...
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

6/18/25 Bach and Beyond
(John Dee, Joseph Velez, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe, Jacques-Pierre Malan, Gina Perregrino, Gabriel Benton)
Bach Cello Suite; Mozart Parto, parto from La Clemenza di Tito; Telemann Trio Sonata in C Minor for Oboe, Violin, Continuo; Marin Marais Sonata for Viola and Harpsichord; more...
Lewes Public Library at 7pm (this program runs ~70 minutes, followed by artists’ mingle)

6/19 Summer Soirée: Gypsy Life
(Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe, Jacques-Pierre Malan, Read Gainsford)
Haydn Gypsy Trio; Monti Czardas; Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody #2; Brahms G Minor Piano Quartet Finale
Stonegates Retirement Community (Greenville, DE), at 4:30pm (reception included)

6/20/25 French Firsts
(John Dee, Kate Ransom, Amadi Azikiwe, Jacques-Pierre Malan, Douglas Mapp, Gina Perregrino, Read Gainsford)
Farrenc Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 1; Saint-Saens Elephant, Swan, Tortoises for Double Bass and Piano; Saint Saens Oboe Sonata; Debussy Two Arabesques for piano; Ravel Pavane pour une intante défunte; Poulenc Le Bestiaire; Fauré Songs Op. 1#1 (Le papillon et la fleur) and Op. 1#2 (Mai)
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

WEEK 3: JUNE 24-27
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6/24/25 Czech Please!
(Hal Grossman, Kate Ransom, Adelya Shagidullina, Charae Krueger, Read Gainsford)
Dvorák String Quartet (American); Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15; Martinu Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

6/25/25 String Splendor – Czech This!
(Hal Grossman, Kate Ransom, Adelya Shagidullina, Charae Krueger)
Dvorák String Quartet (American); Martinu Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Lewes Public Library at 7pm (this program runs ~60 minutes, followed by artists’ mingle)

6/26/25 Keyboard Firsts - Part II
(Read Gainsford, piano)
R. Schumann Abegg Variations, Op 1; Brahms C Major Sonata, Op.1; C. Schumann Four Polonaises, Op. 1
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

6/27/25 Masterful Firsts – Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann
(Hal Grossman, Kate Ransom, Adelya Shagidullina, Charae Krueger, Read Gainsford, Gabriel Benton)
Beethoven Moonlight Sonata first edition for harpsichord; Mendelssohn String Quartet, Op. 12; Schumann Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, at 7pm

Thank you to our Serafin Summer Music Sponsors



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  • Barbara & Bruce Dittmar


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